Indiana Code 14-29-6-7. Public policy
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Sec. 7. As part of the continuing growth of the population and development of the economy of Indiana, it is necessary and desirable that rivers of unusual natural, scenic, or recreational significance be set aside and preserved for the benefit of present and future generations before the rivers have been destroyed. After rivers are destroyed, the rivers cannot be wholly restored. It is essential to the people of Indiana that the people retain the opportunities to maintain close contact with the natural, scenic, and recreational rivers and to benefit from the scientific, aesthetic, cultural, recreational, scenic, and spiritual values the rivers possess. It is, therefore, the following public policy of Indiana:
(2) That such areas be designated, acquired, and preserved by the state.
(1) That a natural, scenic, and recreational river system be established and maintained.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 14-29-6-7
- adjacent land: means the area of land paralleling, but not necessarily contiguous to, a river needed to preserve, protect, and manage the natural, scenic, or recreational character of the river. See Indiana Code 14-29-6-1
- Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- recreational river: means a river that does not have the characteristics necessary to qualify as a natural or scenic river, but that still maintains scenic or recreational characteristics of unusual and significant value. See Indiana Code 14-29-6-2
- system: means the Indiana natural, scenic, and recreational river system. See Indiana Code 14-29-6-5
(3) That other agencies, organizations, and individuals, both public and private, be encouraged to set aside adjacent land for the common benefit of the people of present and future generations.
[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-2-26-2.]
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.22.